About the Authors

Chuan-Liang Kao

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC), Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences & Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC), Department of Laboratory Medicine, NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Ta-Chien Chan

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Chu-Han Tsai

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences & Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Kuan-Ying Chu

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Shu-Fang Chuang

Affiliations Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC), Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences & Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, NTU, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Chang-Chun Lee

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Zheng-Rong Tiger Li

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Ko-Wen Wu

Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Informatics, School of Life Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Luan-Yin Chang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Yea-Huei Shen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Yuan's General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Li-Min Huang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Ping-Ing Lee

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

ChingLai Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Richard Compans

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Barry T. Rouse

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Chwan-Chuen King

chwanchuen@gmail.com

Affiliation Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC)

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLK CCK. Performed the experiments: CLK CHT KYC SFC. Analyzed the data: CLK TCC CCL ZRTL KWW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLK LYC YHS LMH PIL. Wrote the paper: CLK. Coordinated the study: CCK. Revised the manuscript: CCK CLK. Provided critical review: CLY RC BTR CCK. Responsible for this paper: CCK.